ELECTRONICS REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● WHICH RADAR PERFORMS NAVIGATION, STATION
KEEPING AND GENERAL SURFACE SEARCH DUTIES ON DDG
51 CLASS SHIPS?
Answer: AN/SPS-67(V) 3
●● WHICH FREQUENCY RANGE DOES THE AN-SPS-67 (V)
RADAR SET OPERATE IN USING A COAXIAL MAGNETRON AS
THE TRANSMITTER OUTPUT TUBE?
Answer: 5450 TO 5825-MHZ
●● THE AN/SPS-55 RADAR DETECTS TARGETS FROM AS
CLOSE AS 50 YARDS TO AS FAR AS HOW MANY NAUTICAL
MILES?
Answer: 50
●● HOW MANY MAJOR GROUPS DOES THE AN/GPN-27 RADAR
INCLUDE?
Answer: 3
,●● WHO USUALLY MAINTAIN THE HEIGHT-FINDING RADARS
INSTALLED ABOARD NAVY SHIPS?
Answer: FIRE CONTROL TECHNICIANS
●● CARRIER-CONTROLLED APPROACH (CCA) ALONG WITH
WHICH OTHER SYSTEMS GUIDE AIRCRAFT TO SAFE
LANDINGS, EVEN UNDER CONDITION APPROACHING ZERO
VISIBILITY?
Answer: GROUND CONTROLLED APPROACH (GCA)
●● WHICH SYSTEM PROVIDES SAFE AND RELIABLE FINAL
APPROACH AND LANDING FOR PRECISION APPROACH
LANDING SYSTEM (PALS)-EQUIPPED CARRIER-BASED
AIRCRAFT, DURING DAYLIGHT OR DARKNESS?
Answer: AN/SPS-46(V)1
●● HOW MANY UNITS CATEGORIZED INTO FOUR MAJOR
SUBSYSTEMS DOES THE AN/SPN-46(V)1 SYSTEM CONSIST OF?
Answer: 26
●● WHICH RADAR SET PROVIDES BOTH AZIMUTH AND
ELEVATION DATA FOR PRECISION APPROACHES TO AIRCRAFT
CARRIERS DURING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS?
Answer: AN/SPS-35
,●● WHAT IS A SURVEILLANCE AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
RADAR USED ON CARRIERS AND AMPHIBIOUS -TYPE SHIPS
WHICH OPERATES IN A 2-4 GHZ FREQUENCY BAND (S-BAND)
AND PROVIDES AIR NAVIGATIONAL DATA FOR CONTROL AND
IDENTIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA OF THE SHIP?
Answer: AN-SPN-43
●● WHAT IS A RANGE RATE RADAR SET THAT COMPUTES,
INDICATES, AND RECORDS THE SPEED OF AIRCRAFT MAKING
A LANDING APPROACH TO THE CARRIER?
Answer: AN/SPN-44
●● WHICH PRECISION APPROACH RADAR (PAR) IS USED AT
NAVAL AIR STATIONS (NAS) AND MARINE CORPS AIR
STATIONS (MCAS) FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OPERATIONS?
Answer: AN/FPN-63(V)
●● WHAT IS A POLAR-COORDINATE DISPLAY OF THE
SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE ORIGIN OF THE SWEEP
(NORMALLY LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN)
REPRESENTING YOUR RADAR?
Answer: PLANNED POSITION INDICATOR (PPI)
●● WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON RADAR INDICATOR GROUP,
AT THE TIME OF THIS PUBLICATION, USED IN THE NAVY?
, Answer: AN/SPA-25G
●● WHAT IS A METHOD OF GETTING FROM ONE KNOWN
POINT TO SOME DISTANT POINT KNOWN AS?
Answer: NAVIGATION
●● WHICH TYPE OF NAVIGATION PRIMARILY DEALS WITH
FIXING THE LOCATION OF THE PLATFORM TO ENABLE
INSTALLED WEAPON SYSTEMS TO FUNCTION AGAINST
INTENDED TARGETS, PREVENT OWNSHIP LOSS TO OR
INTERFERENCE WITH FRIENDLY WEAPON SYSTEMS, AND
COORDINATE OWNSHIP WEAPONS SYSTEMS WITH THOSE OF
OTHER PLATFORMS TO ACHEIVE MAXIMUM EFFECT?
Answer: TACTICAL
●● WHAT IS THE ESTIMATING OF THE SHIP'S POSITION
BETWEEN KNOWN NAVIGATIONAL POINTS OR FIXES?
Answer: DEAD RECKONING
●● WHICH BRANCH OF NAVIGATION IS A SHIP'S POSITION
DETERMINED BY REFERRING TO LANDMARKS WITH KNOWN
POSITIONS ON THE EARTH?
Answer: PILOTING